ST Suppl., q. 3
Of the Degree of Contrition
Supplement — compiled posthumously from Aquinas's early Sentences commentary
We must now consider the degree of contrition: under which head there are three points of inquiry:
(1) Whether contrition is the greatest possible sorrow in the world?
(2) Whether the sorrow of contrition can be too great?
(3) Whether sorrow for one sin ought to be greater than for another?